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The most deadly tornado to ever strike within the borders of the state of Oklahoma occurred on Wednesday afternoon, April 9, 1947 in the city of Woodward. The Woodward tornado storm began in the Texas Panhandle and produced at least six tornadoes along a 220 mile path that stretched from White Deer, TX (northeast of Amarillo) to St. Leo, KS (west of Wichita).

The Battle of Iwo Jima began on February 19, 1945 and was officially declared ended with the securing of the island on March 26. The five week battle to capture the island from the Japanese Imperial Army comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific during World War II.

Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip that was originally created, written, and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951, in 16 newspapers, originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate. It is now written and drawn by Ketcham’s former assistants, Marcus Hamilton and Ron Ferdinand, and distributed to at least 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and in 19 languages by King Features Syndicate. The strip usually runs for a single panel on weekdays and a full strip on Sundays.

The Des Moines Register reports that a New England man named L.J. Coon, who claims to be a retired pilot and aircraft dispatcher, petitioned the NTSB to take a second look at the case. The Civil Aeronautics Board, the NTSB’s predecessor in air crash investigation, ruled that the primary cause of the crash seven miles north of Clear Lake, Iowa, was pilot error and poor weather conditions.

However, Coon told the Register via email that he wants investigators to consider whether problems with the plane’s rudder pedals caused 21-year- old pilot Roger Peterson to lose control of the plane. He theorized that Peterson may have tried to glide the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza to a landing before the plane’s right wing hit the ground, sending it cartwheeling across a cornfield. Peterson was the fourth person to die in the crash, along with the musicians.

"I believe that the NTSB will review pilot Peterson’s diagnostic actions in the aircraft during this 3.5-minute flight and realize the heroic efforts that took place in those 4.9 miles," Coon wrote.

The NTSB responded to Coon in an e-mail dated Feb. 19, 2015, and read in part "You have gotten our attention." A final decision on a re-investigation could take several weeks.